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04/07–Present:Environmental Information Exchange Network Coordinator- Performs activities and duties associated with the role of Environmental Information Exchange Network Coordinator including Managing the Region 4 Exchange Network Program; Project Officer for Region 4 CDX grants (40 active grants); Overseeing the Cross Media Reporting Rule (CROMERR) compliance for the Region; Serving on the CROMERR Technical Review Committee. Contracting Officer Representative (COR) for the Geospatial Application for Resource Protection (GARP) contract. Planned and hosted two regional Exchange Network conferences. 10/89 – 04/07: Geographic Information Systems Analyst - Responsible for geographic information system and remote sensing projects utilizing ENVI® and ArcGIS® applications. Projects vary from Region-wide to site specific and include concentrated animal feeding operation (CAFO) analysis, historic hazardous facility site location. Responsible for integrating remote sensing technology into Regional programs. Coordinate all hardware/software maintenance for Regional EPA GIS users. Editor of monthly GIS newsletter FreshGrits. Planned and hosted three national EPA technical conferences.

Coordinated project activities on digital firing-range mapping projects in the U.S. and Germany. These involved extensive project coordination/database development, as well as infrastructure data collection and conversion. Wrote and assembled proposals. Made client presentations. Responded to RFP's and RFB's. Performed Intergraph workstation training to US Army Corps of Engineers in Germany. Performed facility mapping at the Naval Surface Warfare Center - Dahlgren, VA. Completed mapping and facility as-builts for European Division USACE Grafenwoehr Training Facility, Barvaria Germany.

Conducted natural resource related mapping and GIS projects over District owned lands, wellfields, agricultural areas, phosphate mines, etc. Coordinated contracts for large-scale topographic mapping. Performed GIS mapping using interactive workstations. Performed landuse/landcover mapping and agricultural inventories. Utilized airborne Color Infrared video to detect vegetative stress.